Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Anatolia' (Greek: ανατολή anatolē or anatolí) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey. It means "rising of the sun" or "East", is also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor. In Turkish it is called Anadolu meaning full of mothers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (948x449, 661 KB)composite satellite image of Anatolia (blue marble). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (948x449, 661 KB)composite satellite image of Anatolia (blue marble). ... This article is about the strait; Bosphorus is also a university in Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Southwest Asia (PDF) Southwest Asia (often called the Middle East) is the southwestern part of Asia. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ... Jump to: navigation, search Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Because of its strategic location at the intersection of Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been a cradle for several civilizations since prehistoric ages, with neolithic settlements such as Catal Höyük (pottery neolithic), Cayönü (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to pottery Neolithic), Nevali Cori (PPN B), Hacilar (pottery neolithic), Göbekli Tepe (PPN A) and Mersin. The settlement of Troy starts in the Neolithic, but continues up into the Iron age. World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 kmÂ² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Jump to: navigation, search A civilization or civilisation has a variety of meanings related to human society. ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Neolithic, (Greek neos = new, lithos = stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ... Excavations at the South Area of Çatal Höyük Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without accent marks -- Çatal is Turkish for fork and Höyük is Turkish for mound) was a very large Neolithic and... CayÃ¶nÃ¼ is a neolithic settlement in eastern Turkey. ... The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (short PPNA) represents the early neolithic in the Levantine and upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Crescent. ... Nevali Cori is an early Neolithic settlement in the upper Euphrates valley, eastern Turkey, around 490 m high. ... Pre-Pottery Neolithic B is a division of the Neolithic developed by Dame Kathleen Kenyon during her archaeological excavations at Jericho in Israel. ... Hacilar is a Neolithic settlement in south western Turkey, 25 km southwest of present day Burdur. ... GÃ¶bekli Tepe is an early Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey. ... The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (short PPNA) represents the early neolithic in the Levantine and upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Crescent. ... Mersin is the capital city of İçel Province, in Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Walls of the excavated city of Troy (Turkey) This article is about the ancient city of Ilion as described in the works of Homer, and the location of an ancient city associated with it. ...

Today the inhabitants of Anatolia are mostly native speakers of the Turkish language, which was introduced with the conquest of Anatolia by Turkic peoples and the rise of the Seljuk Empire in the 11th century. However, Anatolia remained multi-ethnic until the early 20th century until the Rise of Nationalism under the Ottoman Empire. The Turks in Thrace were forced to leave their homes and settle in Anatolia during the balkan wars. The last population exchange, as result of the Treaty of Lausanne, between Turkey and Greece eliminated the majority of Turks in Greece and Greeks in Turkey. A significant Kurdish ethnic and linguistic minority exists in the south eastern regions. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2339x1541, 413 KB)Asia Minor under the Greeks. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2339x1541, 413 KB)Asia Minor under the Greeks. ... Jump to: navigation, search Turkish (TÃ¼rkÃ§e) is a Turkic language spoken natively in Cyprus, Bulgaria, and by perhaps 80% of the population of Turkey, as well as by several million immigrants in the European Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search If you mean the Turks from Final Fantasy VII see: Turks (Final Fantasy VII) Turkic peoples are Northern and Central Eurasian peoples who speak languages belonging to the Turkic family of languages and which share in varying degrees, ethnic, cultural and historical traits. ... The Seljuk Turks (Turkish: Selçuk; Arabic: سلجوق Saljūq, السلاجقة al-Salājiqa; Persian: سلجوقيان Saljūqiyān; also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq) were a major branch of the Oghuz Turks and a dynasty that occupied parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Millet; linked on commons ...the Ottoman Sultan did not introduce the millet system into their empire only on the capture of Constantinople, but were already applying its principles to the non-Muslim Communities under their rule. ... Thrace (Greek ÎÏá¾´ÎºÎ· ThrÃ¡kÄ, Bulgarian Ð¢ÑÐ°ÐºÐ¸Ñ Trakija, Turkish Trakya) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and European Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search The outcome as of April 1913 Boundaries on the Balkans after the First and the Second Balkan War (1912-1913) Distribution of races in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor in 1923, Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, New York (The map does not reflect the... Jump to: navigation, search Areas with significant Kurdish population. ...

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Ottoman Rule of Asia Minor after 1885

After 1885, with the governing reforms of Tanzimat, the control of the Ottoman land in Asia Minor divided into 15 vilayets, one sanjak and one mutersaflik of the vilayet of Constantinople (both being on the asiatic side of the Bosporus). The Tanzimat was a period of reform in the Ottoman Empire that lasted from 1839 to 1876. ... Vilâyet (also eyalet or pashaluk) was the Turkish name for the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. ... This page is about districts of the Ottoman Empire; for a region in Serbia and Montenegro, see SandÅ¾ak. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Constantinople. ... This article is about the strait; Bosphorus is also a university in Turkey. ...

Every vilayet was further divided in a number of sanjaks.

More specifically the political division of Asia Minor in 1915 was as follows;

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Ethnic distribution in Asia Minor in the early 20th century (before the Treaty of Lausanne)

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More specifically the distribution of differerent ethnic groups as per Vilayet and Sanjak is as follows; Vilâyet (also eyalet or pashaluk) was the Turkish name for the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. ... This page is about districts of the Ottoman Empire; for a region in Serbia and Montenegro, see SandÅ¾ak. ...

Sanjak or Vilayet

Greeks

Turks

Armenians

Rest

Total

Sanjak of Uskudar

74,457

124,281

35,560

24,192

258,490

Mutersaflik of Izmit

73,134

116,949

48,635

3,615

242,333

Vilayet of the Dardanelles

32,830

138,902

2,336

177,894

Vilayet of Izmir:

Sanjak of Izmir

449,044

219,494

11,395

754,046

Sanjak of Manisa

83,625

247,778

3,960

337,925

Sanjak of Aydin

54,633

162,554

634

219,959

Sanjak of Mentese

27,798

197,317

430

205,457

Sanjak of Denizli

7,710

113,700

0

142,142

Vilayet of Bursa:

Sanjak of Bursa

82,503

215,492

50,809

353,976

Sanjak of Balikesir

150,946

194,391

17,882

239,236

Sanjak of Kutahya

16,800

244,698

5,040

250,938

Sanjak of Afyon

1,200

291,317

8,800

317,017

Sanjak of Erdogrul (Bilecig)

26,970

246,851

7,495

408,957

Vilayet of Konya:

Sanjak of Konya

8,589

294,191

6,900

325,180

Sanjak of Atalya

10,253

196,087

489

207,258

Sanjak of Burdur

2,565

149,968

987

153,565

Sanjak of Nigde

55,518

174,140

753

230,490

Sanjak of Hamid Abad (Isparta)

10,096

174,337

600

185,056

Vilayet of Ankara:

Sanjak of Ankara

3,154

265,283

14,019

283,043

Sanjak of Kirsehir

717

116,999

346

118,062

Sanjak of Kayseri

23,201

157,331

44,985

226,912

Sanjak of Yozgat

18,801

128,787

39,448

194,281

Vilayet of Kastamonu:

Sanjak of Kastamonu

10,783

334,337

1,424

346,552

Sanjak of Sinop

7,986

319,224

507

324,738

Sanjak of Kankiri

1,143

165,407

960

167,510

Sanjak of Bolu

5,007

119,467

314

129,846

Vilayet of Sivas:

Sanjak of Sivas

7,702

451,214

64,070

522,986

Sanjak of Amasya

36,739

198,000

50,600

285,339

Sanjak of Karahisar-Sarki

27,761

38,500

18,046

84,307

Sanjak of Tokat

27,174

151,800

37,919

216,893

Vilayet of Trebzon:

Sanjak of Trabzon

154,774

404,656

26,321

583,751

Sanjak of Samsun (Djanik)

136,087

233,454

22,585

392,126

Sanjak of Lazistan

2,924

231,885

0

234,809

Sanjak of Argiropolis (Gumus-Haneh)

59,748

87,871

1,718

149,337

See also

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Anatolians are not pampered, nor can their owners generally afford to give them veterinary care beyond that which is necessary to keep them healthy enough for guard duty.

Other Anatolians had come to this country prior to the birth of the Ballard litter, but in most cases they were dogs that had been sent by the Turkish government to the United States Department of Agriculture for experimental work as flock guardians.

Whether an Anatolian's "flock" is a herd of sheep or the dog's family and household, the breed is supposed to perform its duties without aggression.

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